Dailly

Population810 (mid-2020 est.)^[1]OS grid referenceNS270014Council areaLieutenancy areaCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGIRVANPostcode districtKA26Dialling code01465PoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottish UK ParliamentScottish Parliament 55°16′36″N 4°43′28″W / 55.276656°N 4.724414°W / 55.276656; -4.724414

Dailly (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Mhaol Chiarain)^[2] is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, five miles (eight kilometres) south of Maybole, and three miles (five kilometres) east of Old Dailly. "New Dailly", as it was originally known, was laid out in the 1760s as a coal-mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Maxwell Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years. In Dailly there are two castles the locals call the new castle and the old castle they are both derelict.

Notable people

• Thomas Thomson FRSE (1768–1852) antiquary and friend of Walter Scott
• Hamilton Paul (1773–1854), church minister, poet and writer
• Thomas's younger brother, John Thomson of Duddingston FRSE (1778 – 1840) minister at Dailly 1800-1805 and artist
• Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), poet
• Anne Hepburn, missionary was born here in 1925^[3]
• Tommy Lawrence, footballer
• Ross McCrorie, footballer who plays with Bristol City
• Robby McCrorie footballer who plays with Rangers
• Allan Dorans Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

References

• "Dailly (New Dailly)". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 4 July 2008.

External links

• Video of the Mermaids of Carrick on old gravestones

Media related to Dailly at Wikimedia Commons